Constante N. Ferme, M.D. ✝

1970: THE THRESHOLD OF VASCULAR AUTONOMY UNDER DR. CONSTANTE N. FERME

The turn of the decade marked an important conceptual expansion of the society’s surgical scope into peripheral vascular diseases.

• The Twelfth Presidency of PATS: Constante N. Ferme assumed the presidency.
• Integrating Vascular Care: Recognizing that chest specialists were increasingly called upon to treat abdominal aortic aneurysms and acute limb ischemia (blood clots in the limbs), Dr. Ferme’s 1970 mandate officially expanded the PATS academic symposia to include dedicated sessions on peripheral vascular reconstruction.